it's in the way you look at me. it's in the way you make your dolls talk to each other. in the way you ask to put on make-up with me. cook pancakes with me. write on a tablet of paper beside me while i pay bills. look at us side-by-side in the mirror, smiling, together. you want to be like me, and it's more flattering than I ever could have imagined. my little girl.
one day it'll be the opposite and i'll want to cry. no. but seriously, i know it will all end when you look in the mirror and realize that you're not your mommy and you never will be (until you become a mommy, that is :). you'll realize, hey, i'm sadie...i'm my own person, and i'm unique and different, and i don't have to be like mom. (cause by this time i won't be mommy to you anymore, sniff)
hey, i'm not saying this is a bad thing. it's just a transition i'll have to make along side you. it's actually really healthy and totally natural that you'll want to be an individual. i can't wait to see how you are transformed. i pray it will be in light of the fact that Jesus will be in your heart, and you'll be transforming into His likeness, and not conforming to patterns of this world. i love being your pattern by which to form yourself right now, and i thank God for this opportunity and pray for the wisdom and integrity i'll need. and i pray you set your eyes on Him and become obsessed and passionate over the one who is intimately invested in you.
Dear Sadie.
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--His good, perfect, and pleasing will." Romans 12:2
(P.S. From the Jungle book, the title) :)
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